THE CHLOE FILES #1: ASHES TO ASHES by Howard Hopkins
The Chloe Files #1: Ashes to Ashes by Howard Hopkins The character of Chloe Everson grew out of another one of Howard Hopkins’ novels, Grim, where Arlo Grim battles a coven of witches trying to…
Category: Horror Novels
ECHO OF GUILT (AKA Pulled Down) by Phyllis Paul
Echo of Guilt by Phyllis Paul There’s not much written these days about Phyllis Paul (1903-73). She published twelve novels in over a 30+ year period. Most of them can be classified as “thrillers”, although…
TEAM DEATHMATCH: Killstreak
They came around the sand dune and stopped. All twelve of them. In front of the trio stood twelve Nazi Zombies. They even had on the torn black uniforms. It was possible to see the naked, flesh through rips in the uniform. Most of the heads were gone, but some kind of tentacle thing moved around what was left. The game designers overlaid the enemy bots with enough visual nightmares for ten lifetimes. The sheer appearance of these creatures in the daylight startled them. By the time the NZ’s had turned in their direction, they swung up and leveled their guns. The women turned to him for guidance, but Kurt shook his head.
Gothic Detection: THE FANTASY BOOK MURDERS by John Walters
The Fantasy Book Murders by John Walters (2014, Amazon Digital Services) The Fantasy Book Murders is an excellent example of how genres are crossed to make a great book. Every so often I read a book…
The Mystic Orient: BARON ORGAZ by Frank Lauria
Baron Orgaz by Frank Lauria (Open Road Media, 2015) Baron Orgaz is one of several Doctor Orient novels by Frank Lauria. I first heard of Dr. Orient from writer Derrick Ferguson who referred to…
Return of the Dead: REBORN (A Dead Man Adventure) by Kate Danley, Phoef Sutton, and Lisa Klink
Reborn by Kate Danley, Phoef Sutton, and Lisa Klink (47North, 2014) Reborn is the conclusion to the second season of The Dead Man series. Series creator Lee Goldberg talks about its genesis on his blog: “About six…
Don’t Touch Me I’m a Real Live Wire: CORROSION by Jon Bassoff
Corrosion by John Bassoff (Dark Fuse, 2013) Corrosion by Jon Bassoff is an impressive first novel (at least under his own name). I’m not sure I’d agree with Desmind Reddick at Dread Media and say…
Mass Fear: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE by Hanns Ewers
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Hanns Ewers #7 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Hanns Ewers. The first of the Frank Braun trilogy. Braun hypnotizes a peasant girl into believing she has had a heavenly visitation, the isolated village…
Manufactured Destruction: THE DEATH GUARD by Philip George Chadwick
The Death Guard by Phillip George Chadwick (RoC, 1992) A future history, supposedly written in the 1970’s, detailing the destruction of civilization through global war after Britain develops a synthetic life-form into the perfect soldier….
Future Insanity: THE BLACK CORRIDOR by Michael Moorcock
The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock #8 The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock. As civilization plunges toward destruction, a few people escape in a starship bearing mankind’s last hope. The rest in suspend animation, one man remains awake to pilot the…